So they take the girls and split them up in red, blue, and yellow teams. It's kind of an ingenious way of organizing the fight. The down side is that these three battles basically take up all of the movie. DX2 had a sense of progression with the change of scenery and with the characters joining up and parting as they continued on. And while I enjoyed this movie, it really is just one giant battle which left me feeling kind of bored at times.
The mix of animation with the CGI dance sequence definitely makes it look a lot more natural, but I always liked the CGI dance sequences and wouldn't have minded them doing it the old way. With fast cuts, like in action sequences, you don't get the sense of how the movement flows as well. I also kind of wish they saved this for after the end, because I wanted more after it was over and the dance would have been a real nice uplifting way to send them off. Last thing, maybe it's my problem as a translator, but it seems like the dialogue is super repetitive. Someone will say something, then it'll be repeated 3-4 times by various people from different series.
Anyway, nitpicks aside, the movie was gorgeous, and it looked great on my new TV. The extended dance sequence was particularly nice looking.
Edit: Just to comment on the subtitles. So sometimes they put the character name before the dialogue. What I thought was interesting was how ?Splash had totally different names when powered-up. I was surprised that I didn't recognize their character names. Another interesting thing is that they italicized the dialogue for flashbacks. I know some of us here do it too, but I've personally never seen the point of them.
So I'm working on their goodbye section. And they say this will be the last time all these girls gather in a DX in this form. In a way, this is a goodbye to all the girls and their mascot characters and they're internalizing this between the characters with each other. It's a touching moment and kind of hard to watch. I mean, who likes goodbyes?
Lyrics for the opening song/dance:
Spoiler
# k: MIRAKURU minna kuru!
# k: KIRAKIRA kawaii daishuugou♪
# k: sure go!
# k: KARAFURU WANDAFURU! Inochi ga hana saku REINBOU
# k: sure go!
# k: PURIKYUA KYUA PURIKYUA
# k: Hoshi ga KIRAmeku sora wo miagereba
# k: a a a a ai☆
# k: Nani ga taisetsu na no ka miete kuru
# k: A ha ha ha high!
# k: PURI PURI PURITII
# k: HAATO KYACCHI!
# k: KYUA KYUA KYUUTIII
# k: 5! go! go!
# k: OORU SUTAA BYUUTIII
# k: SUPURASSHU SUTAA!
# k: KIMERU toki wa, KIMERU yo!
# k: yeah!
# k: Chikyuu wa mawatteru kyou mo kako ni naru earth beat
# k: a ha-!
# k: Daichi ni ne wo hatte yume no tane wo maku heart beat!
# k: Wa ha-!
# k: Hitori hitori zenryoku tsukusu kara
# k: Pa Pa Pa Pa Ra ☆
# k: Minna ga hikari dashite niji ni naru
# k: A ha ha ha high!
# k: PURI PURI PURITIII
# k: MAX HEART!
# k: KYUA KYUA KYUUTIII
# k: FURESSHU PURIKYUA!
# k: OORU SUTAA BYUUTIII
# k: SUIITO SUIITO PURIKYUA♪
# k: Akiramenai makenai
# k: yeah!
# k: MIRAKURU minna kuru
# k: KIRAKIRA kawaii daishuugou♪
# k: sure go!
# k: KARAFURU WANDAFURU! Inochi ga hana saku REINBOU
# k: sure go!
# k: PURIKYUA KYUA PURIKYUA
# k: go! go!
# k: Taisetsu na hito ga iru sore dake de
# k: a a a a ai ☆
# k: Sekai wa fui ni kyuu ni chikaku naru
# k: A ha ha ha high!
# k: PURI PURI PURITII
# k: PURI PURITII
# k: KYUA KYUA KYUUTIII
# k: KYUA KYUUTIII
# k: OORU SUTAA BYUUTIII
# k: OORU SUTAA BYUUTIII
# k: KIMERU toki wa, KIMERU yo!
# k: yeah!
# k: Ibara no kouya demo BARA wa saku deshou!? Itsuka
# k: a ha-!
# k: Hitasura hitamuki ni mae ni susumu dake itsumo!
# k: Wa ha-!
# k: PURIKYUA KYUA PURIKYUA
# k: Michi wa kiri-hiraku no ga KOKOROIKI
# k: Pa Pa Pa Pa Ra ☆
# k: Hana mo mi mo aru asu wo tsukurimashou!
# k: A ha ha ha high!
# k: PURI PURI PURITIII
# k: PURI PURITIII
# k: KYUA KYUA KYUUTIII
# k: KYUA KYUUTIII
# k: OORU SUTAA BYUUTIII
# k: OORU SUTAA BYUUTIII
# k: Akiramenai makenai
# k: yeah!
# k: Chikaku ni inakutemo KOKORO wa jiyuu ni tobu yo!
# k: Tagai wo omoi-au shunkan ni tsunagaru KIMOCHI!
# k: yeah!
# k: MIRAKURU minna kuru!
# k: KIRAKIRA kawaii daishuugou♪
# k: sure go!
# k: KARAFURU WANDAFURU! Inochi ga hana saku REINBOU!
# k: sure go!
# k: MIRAKURU minna kuru!
# k: KIRAKIRA shuugou♪ PURIKYUA
# k: PURIKYUA KYUA PURIKYUA
# k: go! go!
# k: PURIKYUA KYUA PURIKYUA!
# k: dash sure go!